Chapter 214: The Sun Sets Too Quickly
Li Chen has no time to take care of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

Since he had already decided to support Cao Guowei.

I wouldn't be doing nothing for so long.

As early as when Cao Guowei's poison pill plan defeated Shanda.

Li Chen began to acquire Sina shares in the secondary market.

While Shanda was throwing away shares, Li Chen was slowly acquiring them through Rongchen Pictures and in his personal capacity.

None of this could be hidden from Cao Guowei, the head of Sina.

But Cao Guowei did not point it out.

First, the shares held by Li Chen are distributed between Rongchen Pictures and himself, and have not reached the level of raising a placard.

Second, Li Chen had hinted to him early on that his investment in Sina was paving the way for Cao Guowei.

If Cao Guowei has made up his mind one day, he only needs to say it.

He will definitely give his full support to Cao Guowei to truly take over Sina.

The popularity of "Thief" has prompted various theaters to actively apply to extend the first round of screenings.

After three weeks of release, the domestic box office has broken through the 3 million mark, reaching 3.35 million.

It’s only more than 20 million away from that broken ship.

In the North American market, as the number of theaters showing the film increased to 2590, the box office also exceeded 3 million US dollars.

The global box office is 4.9 million US dollars, just one step away from 5 million.

This result is due to the distribution of Warner Bros.

Still, all domestic investors were caught off guard.

Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun were greatly excited.

Contact Li Chen and Richard from Warner and make sure the celebration party is a grand one.

It should be done both in Hollywood and in China!
Have the actors run to each side.

These big investors will not go to Hollywood.

Richard volunteered to do both.

"It's already exceeded 300 million?" Wang Zhonglei still found it hard to believe.

Even Hollywood blockbusters starring Chinese movie stars with great box office appeal such as Cheng Long and Li Lianjie have difficulty making over 100 million yuan in China.

A Sino-US co-production broke the 300 million mark.

It also led most theaters to strongly demand that the first round of screenings be extended.

This phenomenon seems to have only been seen in the previous "Hero".

Feng Xiaogang raised his eyebrows and lowered his head: "It's not surprising. The investment cost is there, handsome men and beautiful women."

"The two women are Hollywood's blonde beauties, and the other is the Italian globe flower."

"Of course, they are more attractive to young people than Chenglong and Li Lianjie, two middle-aged men."

"It's a story, it's okay"

Feng Xiaogang spoke insincerely, with bitterness in his mouth.

He is still ambitiously working hard to break into the 200 million club.

Over there, Li Chen has already firmly sat on the throne of a 300 million-dollar director.

Wang Zhonglei also heard Feng Xiaogang's loneliness.

"Xiaogang, I have confidence in "Assembly"!"

"We gave up the Oscars just for the box office."

“Now that ‘Assembly’ is the opening film in Busan, it will definitely attract a lot of attention!”

"Besides, in terms of release schedule, apart from The Warlords, no one else can compete with us."

Wang Zhonglei looked very confident. He had to be very confident, otherwise even Feng Xiaogang would have lost his confidence.

How will Hua Yi compete with Li Chen in the future?

After hearing what Wang Zhonglei said, Feng Xiaogang nodded.

He swelled up his face and pretended to be rich: "I really hope that Li Chen can come to the Lunar New Year movie this year to stir things up."

"Assembly has the strength to win the Lunar New Year championship!"

Wang Zhonglei laughed, stood up, walked to Feng Xiaogang and patted him on the shoulder.

"That's right! This is the Feng Xiaogang I know!"

Feng Xiaogang pulled the corner of his mouth a little unnaturally.

Yang Mi's "Wang Zhaojun" and Jiang Wen's "The Sun" were released on the same day.

Yang Mi was also very nervous. She was afraid of being criticized.

"Senior, are you watching "Wang Zhaojun"?"

Li Chen picked up the phone and took a look. The QQ avatar was jumping. It was a message from Yang Mi.

Li Chen was amused: "I'm watching, it's a good performance!"

Yang Mi replied immediately: "What? Senior! I haven't appeared yet!" Li Chen shrugged and didn't respond to Yang Mi's series of questions.

On the other side, Jiang Wen was devastated.

Judging from the pre-sale box office data, the box office of "The Sun" is a bit dismal.

"The Thief" has been released for three weeks, but the attendance rate of "The Sun" is still not as high.

Jiang Wen knew very well that the cinema would not give him any special treatment just because of his name.

If the box office is not good, the screening schedule will still have to be cut.

Zhou Yun held Jiang Wen's hand and felt her husband's hand was cold.

"I'm fine. I didn't expect that Li Chen's prediction would come true!" Jiang Wen smiled with a relaxed look.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Boss Yang. You and my brother won't be able to pay me back anytime soon!"

Zhou Yun said angrily: "What are you talking about! When did I ever tell you to pay it back?"

"We are husband and wife, what's mine is yours."

"It's your brother's money, and it's also our joint debt!"

Jiang Wen felt very touched and held Zhou Yun's hand: "Don't worry, it's a movie, who can guarantee that it will only make money and not lose money."

"No, forget about that beast Li Chen. He is not a human being. We won't compete with him!"

Zhou Yun smiled and patted Jiang Wen: "How can you talk like that? Director Li left a message for you. If you need investment for the next movie, you can contact him."

Jiang Wen suddenly realized: "Now I understand what he meant!"

"After all this time, he still wasn't optimistic about The Sun!"

Zhou Yun smiled and said, "What do you think?"

As the two were talking, Yu Dong called.

"Director Jiang, the attendance is too low. This is far from our expectations."

“I mean adding a few more road shows and programs in the next few days.”

"You'd better participate to increase the popularity and topic." Yu Dong didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

Yu Dong was also anxious. All the films and digital copies he had prepared were completely useless.

Jiang Wen glanced at Zhou Yun and smiled bitterly.

Zhou Yun continued, "You arrange it, Mr. Yu. Lao Jiang and I will definitely cooperate with you fully."

Jiang Wen did cooperate with the publicity.

Although he once claimed that he didn't care about the box office.

The truth was revealed when she frequently appeared on magazine covers and accepted interviews with reporters these days.

Yu Dong even revealed the twists and turns of the drama "The Sun" to the media.

Jiang Wen was forced to become an investor, so how could he not care about the box office?

Regarding the comment from netizens that they don’t understand.

Jiang Wen still stubbornly believed that it was not his problem at all.

In front of the media, he replied to netizens: "If you don't understand, just watch it twice and you will understand."

Netizens are not vegetarians either.

"Who has nothing better to do than go to the cinema and watch The Sun Also Rises twice? It's not The Thief!"

"Just wait for Jiang Wen to finish his passion!"

"Based on how stubborn Jiang Wen is, I decided to go and check it out on Tuesday at half price."

"The sun rises as usual, and you still have to poop after eating!"

Jiang Wen's cooperation still did not bring any improvement to the box office.

The box office revenue for the first three days of the weekend was less than 600 million.

Many cinema chains have already begun adjusting their screening schedules.

If there is no improvement on the first day of National Day the next day.

I guess the Sun will never rise again.

"Brother, is your mouth blessed?"

On the phone, Jiang Wen's voice still did not sound disappointed, and he was still laughing.

Li Chen didn't give him any face.

"If I had really been blessed, I wouldn't have overestimated 5000 million!"

Jiang Wen was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly burst into laughter: "That's true, damn it."

"According to this situation, even 20 million is difficult!"

Li Chen thought to himself, you finally have some idea of ​​what is going on.

The box office of the previous movie "The Sun" did not exceed 20 million.

What's more, there is "Thief" standing here now.
(End of this chapter)